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Dynamically Composing Expression Predicates
using System.Linq.Expressions;
namespace Library.Data.Linq;
//! Reference: http://www.albahari.com/nutshell/predicatebuilder.aspx
public static class PredicateBuilder
{
public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> True<T>() => f => true;
public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> False<T>() => f => false;
public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> Or<T>(this Expression<Func<T, bool>> expr1, Expression<Func<T, bool>> expr2)
{
var invokedExpr = Expression.Invoke(expr2, expr1.Parameters.Cast<Expression>());
return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(Expression.OrElse(expr1.Body, invokedExpr), expr1.Parameters);
}
public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> And<T>(this Expression<Func<T, bool>> expr1, Expression<Func<T, bool>> expr2)
{
var invokedExpr = Expression.Invoke(expr2, expr1.Parameters.Cast<Expression>());
return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(Expression.AndAlso(expr1.Body, invokedExpr), expr1.Parameters);
}
}
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Source code is copied from C# 10 in a Nutshell

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